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Former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga Has Died At 89


Posted in: Regional News by volderine | 29 May 2019 | 2226

     Former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga Has Died At 89 Last updated May 29, 2019 Former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga died on Tuesday at 89
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    Former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga Has Died At 89 Last updated May 29, 2019 Former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga died on Tuesday at 89

    Jamaica Gleaner – Edward Phillip George Seaga, Jamaica’s fifth Prime Minister and longest-serving Member of Parliament, has died.

    He died in a Miami hospital today where he had been receiving treatment for cancer and related complications.

    Seaga was the last surviving framer of the Jamaican constitution.

    At the age of 29, the former prime minister became the youngest person to be nominated to the Legislative Council (later the Senate) where he served for two years before he became a Member of Parliament until his retirement in January 2005.

    Read more at: Jamaica Gleaner

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